- All sections
- A - Human necessities
- A61B - Diagnosissurgeryidentification
- A61B 1/06 - Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopesIlluminating arrangements therefor with illuminating arrangements
Patent holdings for IPC class A61B 1/06
Total number of patents in this class: 6563
10-year publication summary
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546
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678
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579
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654
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753
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633
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519
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458
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436
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395
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
Principal owners for this class
| Owner |
All patents
|
This class
|
|---|---|---|
| Olympus Corporation | 13097 |
1069 |
| FUJIFILM Corporation | 29797 |
395 |
| Cilag GmbH International | 6300 |
225 |
| Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | 10504 |
189 |
| Hoya Corporation | 2763 |
163 |
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | 4170 |
132 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corp. | 1834 |
118 |
| Stryker Corporation | 5089 |
117 |
| Sony Corporation | 30805 |
109 |
| Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc. | 375 |
105 |
| Karl STORZ SE & Co. KG | 1689 |
105 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. | 1244 |
88 |
| Covidien LP | 10665 |
72 |
| Depuy Synthes Products, LLC | 2783 |
69 |
| EndoChoice, Inc. | 182 |
65 |
| Karl STORZ Imaging, Inc. | 243 |
64 |
| Ambu A/S | 469 |
60 |
| Align Technology, Inc. | 2184 |
58 |
| Ethicon, LLC | 1367 |
57 |
| Invuity, Inc. | 153 |
55 |
| Other owners | 3248 |